fever and pain once a while aftr 2months of bypass surgery

[pals0410]

my dad 53yrs old had under gone a CABG exactly 12 weeks ago he had a double vessel  disease and the reason being told was multiple calcium deposits . My area of concern is that every once in a month he gets fever that lasts for 5-6 days n a normal course of antibiotics has to be followed
also he complaints of having pain in the sternum incision in 40-45 days
rest all is fine with him  
he has no high levels of cholesterol no sugar n all blood tests report normal
also if u could pls tell in what period of time can he resume heavy duty work as he hi an orthopedics surgeon performing surgeries as well as plasters
thanx for u help in advance

[Archibald S Miller III, MD,FACS]

I am Dr. Arch S. Miler III. I am on the reconstructive Forum. I am quite interested in sternal problems. I do feel it would be worth while for your father to have a 3D CT scan to see if your father has sternal instability , infection or both. He probably needs to have his white count, sedimentation rate, and CrP drawn to evaluate for an infection also. If  there is an infection or instability, then he will require surgery to remove the wires, clean out the infection, and then close the sternum again. Dr. Scott Levin of Duke, and I have developed a procedure using a device called a talon which is used to stabilize the sternum after this surgery. You can see this in an animation on rapidsternalclosure.com. If you have any questions you may go to the reconstructivesurgery forum, or contact myself or Dr. Levin. Respectfully

                                    arch s miller ms md facs